US governors beg White House for national strategy against Covid-19 as health authorities warn the coming week could resemble a 'Pearl Harbor moment'
A medic of the Elmhurst Hospital Center medical team reacts after stepping outside of the emergency room, Saturday, April 4, 2020, in the Queens borough of New York.
"This is going to be the hardest and the saddest week of most Americans' lives, quite frankly," he told Fox News.Most of the nation is under shelter-in-place orders, but nine states have yet to issue such regulations, while the federal government has declined to mandate anything on a national level.Still, he pleaded with state leaders to urge residents to stay home for at least the next seven to 10 days: "There is a light at the end of the tunnel if everyone does their part.
It was the first time the day-over-day toll had dropped -- on Saturday it hit a record 630 deaths in 24 hours -- but Cuomo told journalists it was too early to tell whether that was a "blip." The governor said rapid testing, still out-of-reach, was key to a "return to normalcy," while reiterating appeals for equipment including ventilators from other states as well as from the federal stockpile.
"We are not one another's enemy," she added. "The enemy is Covid-19. And it has to be all hands on deck, from the federal level, to the state level, to the local level."
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